Former Revolutionary Guard appointed to post in Iran Judiciary

Iran's Head of Judiciary, Sadegh Larijani,
anounced Mohammad Bagher Zolghadar, former deputy commander of the Revolutionary
Guards as his new Social Protection and Crime Prevention deputy.

ILNA reports that Ayatollah Larijani has cited Zolghadar's "brilliant record and
valuable experience" as the criterion for his selection.

Mohammad Bagher Zolghadar has also served as the Security Adviser of the
Ministry of Interior. Later he was appointed by the Supreme Leader as the deputy
to Basij Forces.

The fifty-one-year-old native of Shiraz started his career in the Islamic
Republic by joining the Revolutionary Committees in the early days of the 1979
Revolution of Iran, and later joined the Revolutionary Guards.

He gained prominence in the Islamic Republic establishment through his service
in the Iran-Iraq war.

During the presidency of reformist president Mohammad Khatami, he is one of the
Revolutionary Guards commanders that fiercely opposed the policies of the reform
government.